Following a separation or divorce, child support payments are essential to ensuring that a child’s needs are met. Unfortunately, not all parents will comply with these court-ordered obligations, and some will deliberately try to avoid paying child support by quitting a job or taking a lower-paying job. Unpaid child support can lead to serious financial hardships for the receiving parent and the child.
Thankfully, Illinois law (Chapter 40, 750 ILCS 5/505) provides a range of enforcement tools to help parents obtain the child support to which they are legally entitled. If you are dealing with partial child support payments, late payments, or deliberate, willful noncompliance, speaking to an experienced Wheaton, IL child support lawyer can make a difference.